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"Huh?! Who are you calling petty and brainless! You're the one who's got the nerve to talk to me like that!"

Inari gave him a disdainful look as if he were an idiot, seemingly too lazy to explain, while Kuroba Akira scratched his face, getting the meaning of Inari.

"So that's how it is..."

"W-What! Even you, Bai Zi, are saying that?! You should be on my side!"

Aya's face stiffened for a moment. It wasn't unusual for the sly fox to insult her, but the fact that even Kuroba Akira acknowledged her as the Landmine Goddess hurt her a little.

"No... Just speaking from common sense, your abilities are far too dangerous."

Kuroba Akira spread his hands and said.

"When I learned that the zombies you resurrected would attack humans indiscriminately, and that those who were killed would turn into new zombies, I thought, what if these guys were released into the real world... wouldn't humanity be doomed?"

This is an ability that absolutely cannot be used in the real world.

Once used, it's similar to a human cleansing program.

We can only hope that the zombies can't swim anymore, so that at least Japan will be the only one doomed.

"I wouldn't use this ability in the real world either!"

"However, even without him, you would still use this ability in the real world."

"You vile fox, you've slandered my innocence out of thin air!"

"Then let me ask you, do you know what Amaterasu Omikami has been doing all along?"

"Isn't that birdman just lying around collecting faith taxes every day?"

"That's why I said your head is empty... After receiving the wishes of the majority of people, one can roughly see the 'unified destiny' of mankind, and what Amaterasu Omikami has to do is help mankind avoid the fate of extinction."

Kuroba Akira nodded in relief. This was the kind of thing Amaterasu Omikami, someone of her status, should do. She was worthy of being the main god and guardian deity of this country.

"And now this responsibility has fallen on my shoulders, it's a really troublesome job, both mentally and physically demanding..."

No wonder Inari is always so busy; it turns out it's not just about responding to the faiths of various places, but also about preventing a future where humanity is wiped out.

"And in most of the futures I see, most of them will be destroyed because of you, you stupid cat... Oh, you're not a cat anymore, but maybe that cat is smarter than you. At least a cat knows not to do stupid things."

Inari pointed at Aya without any politeness and said.

"However, once you have enough faith, you will inevitably use your power to create a bunch of zombies and destroy the country."

Let Japan become a true 'Land of the Dead'.

Chapter 490 The Man Who Conquered God

Inari sighed, rubbing her forehead, and continued.

"Before I took over, you were already a thorn in Amaterasu's side. But you are also her nominal mother, and your divine level is very high. It is impossible to completely eliminate you or seal you away. You are an unstable bomb that could explode at any time."

"If that's the case, wouldn't it be better to just explain it to her sooner rather than later?"

Kuroba Akira thought that although Aya-chan was lazy, incompetent, and mischievous, she shouldn't be a god who would destroy humanity, right?

Although she has the power to destroy the world, we can't just conclude that she is the source of evil and lock her up forever because of this power. That would be too unreasonable.

However, Kuroba Akira wasn't entirely unable to understand. After all, everyone knows the principle that possessing a treasure is a crime, and there have been many similar cases in human history of nipping a threat in the bud.

This also applies to the Dark Forest Theory: you cannot expect a civilization capable of destroying you to be benevolent towards you.

But this time, Kuroba Akira still spoke up for Aya-chan because he knew his goddess well enough that she wouldn't do such a thing.

Aya-chan echoed this sentiment.

"That's exactly right! Why don't you just explain it to me clearly!"

Do you seem like the type to listen to advice?

"Why won't I listen to advice!"

"Let me put it another way. If I asked you to go back to another world and never appear in the human world again, would you be willing?"

"Of course not! Who wants to go back to that godforsaken place!"

"That's the problem. Basically, gods who have the ability to descend to the human world will no longer want to return to the other world, because there is no faith and karma required for gods to exist in the other world. The monsters in the other world have no reason, no emotion, and no entertainment. It's a cage for us. If it were me, I wouldn't want to go back either."

Once a god comes to the human world, he will never want to return to the other world.

It's probably similar to young people who come to big cities and then don't want to go back to the countryside.

Even when Aya-chan possessed the body of the black-tailed cat, she refused to go back.

"You yourself don't want to go back, and you're criticizing me?"

"Because you are different from us, you are an extremely special existence among the many gods, yes... like a 'darling of another world'."

"A darling of another world..."

Kuroba Akira murmured to himself. He could roughly understand what Inari meant. After spending more than a year with Aya-chan, he had slowly realized that Aya-chan was indeed an extremely powerful deity.

The evidence is that she can even rewrite the strange phenomena of another world at will, which is truly incredible.

Hikari, who is also the younger sister of a god, can kill monsters like piglets, but she cannot 'completely control the supernatural'.

"Kuroba Akira, you should be able to understand what I'm saying, right? Because she received the title of the Great God of the Underworld, the ruling god of the Underworld. The so-called Underworld is actually another world. After humans die, the souls that cannot be reincarnated due to their obsessions will sink into the other world, becoming nourishment and monsters there, and will be under her control."

"...In other words, Aya was originally a god who was more suited to living in another world."

Just as Amaterasu managed all the gods in the real world and protected humanity, Aya-chan should also be in charge of the other gods and monsters in the other world, who are all her 'subjects'.

So Aya-chan has queen-like qualities too!

But she is now in the real world.

"And I also believe that you are not an evil god who wants to destroy the world, but this has nothing to do with your will. As the 'trigger,' perhaps from your perspective, you do not want to destroy humanity, but it is possible that due to some accident and coincidence, you just happened to use your power, which ultimately led to the destruction."

"That's such a far-fetched argument! If we're talking about chance and accidents, there are countless possibilities! Even without me, humanity could have been wiped out by an asteroid hitting Earth!"

It felt like a debate was taking place, with Aya trying her best to prove her innocence.

"The probability of an asteroid hitting Earth is very low, but the possibility of your abilities causing the end of the world is very high, for example..."

Inari pointed at Kuroba Akira with her finger and said.

"If he, Kuroba Akira, your most beloved agent now, were to suddenly die, even if you knew you couldn't fully revive him with your abilities, you would still try to revive him, wouldn't you?"

"Ugh...!!!"

Aya was speechless for a moment and could not refute.

Because she truly couldn't bear to let Kuroba Akira die.

Especially after their physical intimacy, she no longer wanted to leave his side.

Although she used to look down on the scoundrel snake living inside Kuroba Akira's body, she is now able to empathize with Kuroba Yami.

As immortal beings, the hardest thing for them to endure is loneliness.

Especially after experiencing love, asking her to let go of it would definitely drive her crazy.

"Even gods have emotions, and that's the biggest uncertainty... Kuroba Akira, isn't your sister the best example of that?"

"..."

Akira Kuroba was speechless, while Hikaru, who was mentioned, looked unhappy, having been used as a negative example.

But it is true that if the gods are 'willful', it is really hard to stop them.

If Aya-chan were to turn evil and go berserk, it wouldn't be surprising what she did.

Fortunately, judging from Inari's willingness to come forward and explain, she is not here to kick Aya-chan back to the other world. Grandpa Kobayashi's gentle expression also proves this point, as he was invited to be a witness.

"So Kikuri and I have been having a headache about how to deal with you... Fortunately, you're a lazy bum, a useless god who only wants to live off others, and you don't want to collect faith yourself. You just want to rely on your agents to support you, so it has delayed things for a while."

"You sly fox, you're taking this opportunity to insult me ​​again!"

"But as luck would have it, you stupid cat have exceptionally good luck. On your very first draw, you got a character who could influence the country and even overthrow the throne."

Mr. Kobayashi, who was mentioned, scratched his cheek.

"Haha... It was all just luck, nothing but luck."

"Fortunately, although this kid gathered a lot of faith, he didn't hand it over to you. Then I secretly helped that bespectacled man steal your faith so that this kid could join our team."

The man wearing glasses is naturally Haruka's father, Uncle Tomita Hoken. It turns out that the reason he was able to revive Grandpa Kobayashi was because "there are gods watching over us," and he helped come up with the idea.

In the end, if Black Tail's faith is kept in deficit, she will indeed be unable to do anything, unable to cause any trouble, and can only continue to 'draw cards'.

After that, Aya-chan continued drawing cards, getting Uncle Yong on the second try, Sister Hongxiang on the third, and...

The fourth shot was fired by Kuroba Akira.

"However, not long after, you drew him again... another man who can help you gather a lot of faith."

"Hehe, I'm just so lucky!"

Aya proudly flicked her nose with her index finger, puffing out her medium-sized breasts.

A miracle happened with a single pull.

Inari rolled her eyes, ignoring Aya-chan, and turned to Kuroba Akira.

"At first, I did consider interfering directly with your fate, but in the end I decided to try to believe in the possibilities of humanity, just like Amaterasu did in the past."

Did Amaterasu choose to believe in humanity?

"Yes, you don't think she was forced to live on Earth, do you? She just witnessed the downfall of the imperial power and accepted her fate of stepping down. After all, the Earth Thunder God isn't just this stupid cat. There are many other gods who, while not necessarily bringing about the end of the world, can still make a mess of the human world... If it really gets to the point where it's unmanageable, Amaterasu is thinking of 'severing the connection between the other world and the human world,' forcing all the gods to return to the other world."

"Ah... Could it be that this is the legend of Ama-Iwato reappearing?"

"That's right, it seems you've looked into it too."

I heard it from Mr. Kobayakawa.

No wonder Izanagi said not to let Amaterasu return and even helped seal the Ara-Mitama inside Ohno-sensei's body. It's because if his daughter came back online, he would be kicked back to the other world by her.

But this seems like a good thing for humans, doesn't it?

Or perhaps, this world will revert to the ordinary world that Kuroba Akira knew, a world devoid of any mystical elements.

"Kuroba Akira, are you thinking that this isn't a bad thing for humanity?"

"Uh...isn't that how it is?"

Grandpa Kobayashi also helped to explain.